Posted on November 3, 2009 by oddateci
For the last few years, companies were instituting hiring processes that included a number of best practices, but were avoiding the use of tools, such as personality assessments, to assist them in identifying the best candidates. Today, we are seeing a significant increase in the use of particularly effective personality assessments to enable hiring managers [...]
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Posted on March 27, 2009 by oddateci
There are many different sorts of personality tests, word list choices (which is most like me or least like me), statement list choices, rate this statement as to how much it reflects who you are, picture tests asking you to interpret what you are seeing, lickert scale response tests, ipsative tests and a host of [...]
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Posted on March 24, 2009 by oddateci
Applicants are trained to make good impressions in an interview. Go to any retail bookstore and you’ll find an entire section of resources dedicated to helping job seekers “sell themselves” to potential employers. Go to any college and you’ll find courses on how to effectively “ace” an interview. Good performance in an interview setting (including [...]
Filed under: ECI Behavioral Insight, Employment Testing, Personality Testing | Tagged: assessment tools, cultural fit, EEO compliance, fair hiring practices, Interview Questions, Interviewing, motivational fit, Objective Hiring, OFCCP, Organizational Fit, Structured Hiring Process | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 9, 2008 by oddateci
Some recent statistics in an Inc magazine article claim that 1 in 10 applicants admit that they lie on their resumes. In a separate study, 50% of recruiters verified that they find significant discrepancies on resumes they have received. I was a bit shocked by those statistics, so I did a little search on the web [...]
Filed under: Employment Testing, Hiring Employees, New Perspectives | Tagged: Hiring People, Lying on Resumes, Personality Testing | 1 Comment »
